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Tick risk in Hancock County, Maine

Hancock County covers 37 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 605 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 1% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick and American dog tick as established here. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.

Highest and lowest tick risk in Hancock County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across Hancock County runs from Dedham (high) at the high end to Cranberry Isles (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 74% to 96%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

DedhamHigh risk
AmherstHigh risk
OtisHigh risk
OsbornHigh risk
Great PondHigh risk

Tick species in Hancock County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickEstablished
Lone star tickReported
Gulf Coast tickNot established

Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Hancock County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseAnaplasmosisBabesiosisBorrelia miyamotoi (relapsing fever)

Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Hancock County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Hancock County, ME

Professional tick control across Hancock County usually means a barrier treatment along the lawn edge, leaf litter, stone walls, and shady borders where ticks wait for a host, applied two to four times a season by a licensed pest control company. It is the single most effective way to cut tick numbers in the part of the yard your family actually uses, and it matters most in Hancock County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Hancock County?

Most Hancock County homeowners pay about $100 to $200 per visit for professional tick spraying, or roughly $350 to $600 for a full season of barrier treatments, depending on lot size and how wooded the property is. Quotes are free, so it costs nothing to get a real number for your yard.

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Common questions about ticks in Hancock County

Which towns in Hancock County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Dedham carries the highest modeled tick risk in Hancock County, followed by Amherst, Otis, Osborn, Great Pond. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Hancock County ranges from 74% to 96%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Cranberry Isles sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Hancock County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Hancock County: Deer tick, American dog tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease in the Northeast. "Not established" for a species means there is no CDC surveillance record for the county, not that the tick is absent.

Is Lyme disease common in Hancock County?

Hancock County reports about 605 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 1% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 2nd-highest of Maine's 16 counties). Lyme is the dominant blacklegged-tick disease, so TickZone uses this county rate as the disease baseline behind every town's score.

All towns in Hancock County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.